Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus

Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus also known as Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus Appianus[1][2] (c. 45 BC – 12 BC) was a Roman Senator who served as a consul[3] in the Roman Empire.

Family Background

Not much is known on his family background and early life. Appianus may have been the son of the consul of 38 BC, Appius Claudius Pulcher[4] by an unnamed wife. He was probably adopted by Marcus Valerius Messalla, the suffect consul of 32 BC,[5] so thus becoming Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus Appianus.

Political career

According to the French historian Jesuit François Catrou et Rouillé, Appianus served as a Quaestor in the army of the Roman Triumvir Mark Antony. After this moment, little is known on his remaining political career except that he served as a consul in 12 BC.[6] Not so long after serving his consulship, Appianus died.[7]

Marriage & Issue

About 14 BC, Appianus married Claudia Marcella Minor, a daughter of Octavia Minor from her first husband the consul, Gaius Claudius Marcellus; Claudia Marcella's maternal uncle was the Roman emperor Augustus.[8] Marcella bore Appianus two children, a daughter called Claudia Pulchra and a son, called Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
  2. ↑ Habelt, A PROPOSITO DEI MATRIMONI DI MARCELLA MINORE E DEL MONVMENTVM DEI SUOI SCHIAVI E LIBERTI, aus: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 111
  3. ↑ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
  4. ↑ Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, p. 147
  5. ↑ Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, p. 147
  6. ↑ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
  7. ↑ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
  8. ↑ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
  9. ↑ Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p.147
  10. ↑ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205

Sources

Political offices
Preceded by
Tiberius Claudius Nero,
and Publius Quinctilius Varus		 Consul of the Roman Empire
12 BC
with Publius Sulpicius Quirnius		 Succeeded by
Gaius Valgius Rufus
as Suffect consul
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